In the wake of George Floyd protests in 2020, the statue of U.S. Founding Father Caesar Rodney and his horse was taken down from its perch over Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware, and placed into storage.
Born in 1728, Rodney was a lawyer and politician from Kent County, Delaware, and one of America’s Founding Fathers who served during the American Revolutionary War. He was also known for his overnight horseback ride to Philadelphia in a thunderstorm to cast his vote for independence.
A statue of Rodney was originally erected in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, back in 1923. However, it was ultimately Rodney’s role as a slave owner that led to his statue coming down as the death of George Floyd in 2020 led to a national conversation on race…